UK's `largest wireless LAN' to be built in Cardiff
(Networking Plus - June 2007)
Cardiff University is deploying what is claimed to be the UK's largest LAN. When it's completed by the end of the year, the wireless network will cover 66 buildings across three square miles and will include over 1,300 access points.
Cardiff University is one of the UK's leading teaching and research universities. With 30,000 students and 5,500 staff, its academic community has been described as the size of a small town.
The University says that it has to help realise the goals of the Modern Working Environment project that is at the heart of its Information Services Strategy for the future. Its IT department now hopes to ensure maximum wireless coverage by expanding the existing wireless capability across the whole campus and outlying sites.
More Wireless, Not Enough Security
(Wi-Fi Planet - 15 June 2007)
Since 2002, RSA, the security division of EMC, has been doing regular surveys of wireless networks found in big cities - essentially, wardriving the same streets, time after time, using everything from cars to buses to horse-drawn carriages - to see what changes. For 2007, they found that while deployment of Wi-Fi was up, so was security - but security is not keeping up with the deployment.
"We drive the same route in New York, London and Paris," says Toffer Winslow, vice president of product management and product marketing for RSA, talking about the three cities surveyed. "We record the total number of access points we see. We can determine things like the encryption tech they're using, if defaults have changed, that kind of thing," all using commonly available, free applications and tools. The consistency of the route makes it easy to extrapolate the data. br>
Business Wireless Use Up, But So Are Security Issues
(INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY - 14 June 2007)
Apparently there's not so much safety in numbers.
Big cities have more wireless networks than ever, but about one in five practically roll out a red carpet for intruders, a new study shows.
The number of Wi-Fi hot spots and business wireless network access points in New York City rose 49% from a year ago to 6,371. It shot up 160% in London to 7,130 and 44% in Paris to 825...
AirDefense Continues Robust Growth in 2007 Through Development of ''Industry-Best'' Wireless Security Solutions
(TMCNet.com - 6 June 2007)
AirDefense, the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security market, today reinforced its leadership position in the wireless LAN (WLAN) intrusion prevention industry. During the first four months of 2007, customer orders grew nearly 70 percent over the same period last year. AirDefense continues to be the choice of global enterprises due to superior products and technological innovation.
The foundation of AirDefense's rapid growth since its inception lies within its market leadership and technological superiority...
Trapeze, AirDefense raise the bar on enterprise wireless security
(InfoWorld - 18 May 2007)
Gone are the days of being able to ignore security and role separation for enterprise wireless systems. Regardless of whether you go with a thick access point (Cisco or Symbol) or a thin access point (Trapeze or Aruba), your wireless infrastructure must be able to support role separation through using multiple SSIDs (service set identifiers) and dropping these onto the appropriate VLAN.
With the recent ratification of the 802.11n enhancements, enterprises that want to set up secure wireless networks are looking at services such as wireless defense (Wireless IDS), easier advanced encryption and role separation setup, and multimedia support for Wi-Fi VoIP as differentiators in today's Wi-Fi marketplace.
Wi-Fi spots can harbor hackers
ID thieves may lurk behind a hot spot with a friendly name
(The Dallas Morning News - 9 May 2007)
Open your laptop computer in any airport, hotel or coffee shop, and you'll often find unsecured Wi-Fi networks available for free browsing.
Although these innocent-sounding offerings - Anytown Municipal Wi-Fi, Karen's Home Router - generally offer safe harbor, they sometimes serve as bait for hackers, identity thieves and other bad guys.
Neither the FBI nor anyone else can quantify Wi-Fi fraud. Thieves rarely get caught. Victims seldom know enough to report the crime. But with suspicious networks everywhere and wireless security much in the news, security experts advise caution.
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